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Why We Can’t Hear Wagner’s Music
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| December 2010
| David "Spengler" Goldman
Posted on 11/22/2010 4:52:19 PM PST by mojito
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To: Billthedrill
Everything you know about high culture you learned from Bugs Bunny cartoons.
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posted on
11/22/2010 8:28:46 PM PST
by
Defiant
(I'm a Fabian Constitutionalist. Roll back FDR and progressivism!)
To: Defiant
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9Ah69a4ImCA/SqlX85gYvXI/AAAAAAAAApc/-3k1hruOy-4/s320/leopold.jpg)
"LEOPOLD!"
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posted on
11/22/2010 8:33:11 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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posted on
11/22/2010 9:19:37 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Defiant
Definitely so.
This one cracks me up, but the music behind it... I'm really more of a Brahms feller than a Wagnerian but even with Mel Blanc hamming it up it gives me chills. Wagner was a creep personally but he had some serious chops. IMHO.
To: Billthedrill
That was a great line from a Seinfeld episode, and it really was true for those of us who grew up watching Bugs Bunny on Saturday mornings. I only went to a few operas growing up, but I saw lots of Bugs Bunny cartoons and Marx Brothers movies and that was my highbrow education.
When Jerry was singing the song, "oh what heights we'll hit, on with the show this is it", I hadn't heard it in maybe 30 years but I was singing along.
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posted on
11/22/2010 10:17:24 PM PST
by
Defiant
(I'm a Fabian Constitutionalist. Roll back FDR and progressivism!)
To: Kenny Bunk
Other composers made a lot of snotty remarks about Wagner's music, probably out of petty jealousy.
I will venture to say that anybody who proclaims not to like like Wagner's music has just not given it enough time to work on them. Unless you are well acquainted with classical music, this is not the kind of music that will thrill you on first listen.
In fact, it has taken me literally years to fully absorb and appreciate the music of Wagner. But with each listen, it grows on me a bit more and it gets less "boring" with each listen.
For novices, I would start with Das Rheingold (the beginning of the Ring cycle) and then Die Walkure (the second part of the ring) and listen to them dozens of times before starting to explore further.
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posted on
11/23/2010 6:20:33 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(I am 14 days away from outliving Curly Howard)
To: SamAdams76
Meinst du das, oder sagst du das nur?
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posted on
11/23/2010 6:23:31 AM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
(Obama. He's Ray Nagin in National Office)
To: mojito
I LOVE Richard Wagner's music. When I had my Benz I'd put this in the Cassette Player while cruising down the interstate.
RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES (You Tube)
For some *odd reason* my foot always
slowly pushed the gas pedal down.
Pretty soon I'd be cruising at 80mph. (no traffic around)
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posted on
11/23/2010 6:50:35 AM PST
by
Condor51
(SAT CONG!)
To: mojito
I like Twain’s comment on Wagner.
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posted on
11/23/2010 7:06:47 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
To: sitetest
I saw the Lepage production of Rheingold. The author’s comments are spot on. It is in HD in the cinema...you don’t even have to go to New York. Personally, I’d recommend this experience to all.
To: Cardhu
What a great reunion that’ll be! :)
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posted on
11/23/2010 4:47:36 PM PST
by
tiapam
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